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I'm not at all surprised. Very pleased, of course but not at all surprised.

That's really awesome, Mel, and you really deserve it. :o)

EDIT: Sorry, Mhairi. I just saw that you said that, too. But I mean it as well.

Bless thank you guys! ;-)

Congratulations Mel.

Steve(It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas) wrote: "That's really awesome, Mel, and you really deserve it. :o)

EDIT: Sorry, Mhairi. I just saw that you said that, too. But I mean it as well."

You're allowed to repeat yourself :D

Edit: Or myself :D

Thanks Sarah! xx

I was interviewed by top thriller writer Robert Bidinotto today on his blog.

Here's the link.

http://www.bidinotto.com/2011/12/inte...

Squuuuueeee!

:)
Great interview.
I mentioned to Dave earlier that I couldn't really fairly compare your stuff to Patricia Cornwell as it's been such a long time since I've enjoyed her books. James Patterson, maybe but he doesn't do strong female leads. I'm leaning more toward Lisa Gardner, I think. Or maybe better to compare her to you...

LOL. Patti, I wouldn't really like to say who I write like.

JP was my first influence though. ;-)

Yeah. You write like Mel. :)

;-)

This day just keeps getting better. I was named in this top 10 list of crime writers.

*Blush blush*

http://joemccoubrey1.wordpress.com/20... ;-0

My my!

Mel that's awesome !

Thank you, off to have a cuddle with my dogs now.

See you all tomorrow. xx

Night night Mel x

Well Done, Mel!!

Great news Mel.:@)

Aww, thank you for all your support! ;-) xx

Only just caught up with this thread - many congratulations Mel, on being a top ten crime writer!!!

:0)

Thanks Karen!!

Just to keep you up to date everyone, Amazon reduced the price of my best-selling thriller Impeding Justice to 61p!!! For 82,000 words!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Impeding-Just...

Cruel Justice and it's author (that'd be me) is featured on this site today! ;-)

http://bit.ly/vbAhYb Cruel Justice by @melcom1 in the police procedural best-seller list on Amazon.

I'm rather proud of our Ms Comley.

Bless thanks Patti! x

I woke up to this message on my FB page this morning, this lady befriended on FB a couple of weeks ago.

Thank God for FB - I LOVE your books -- my husband is beginning to worry about me - I am reading your second book and can't put it down - I read until 3 a.m. and when I woke up at 8, the first thing I did before I got out of bed was to start reading again. FB helped me to find your work. Happy Holidays - Merry Christmas.

How sweet!

Lovely message to wake to Mel. :)

It was indeed, Patti.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! ♥

Merry Christmas Mel!

And to you both, Sarah and Phil xxxx

Happy Christmas lovely Mel!

You too wonderful Patti. xxxx

Hello Mel

I received a "Happy Christmas" email from Guide2MidiPyrenees. You would be interested to know that they were offering "Cruel Justice" as a free prize in a competition - one of those where you have to join Facebook to enter. I am sure you know about this already, but ... just in case.

The "Guide2" organisation were incredibly supportive of me when I was doing the big walk - they did a report on my progress every day.

Thanks Vic, that's good to know the ad is working.

It's for the paperback version.

Good luck with your walking in the future! ;-)

http://melcomley.blogspot.com/p/inter...

Great interview with top thriller writer Robert Bidinotto on my blog!

Mel (Lorne's creator, Pete's murderer) wrote: "Thanks Vic, that's good to know the ad is working.

It's for the paperback version.

Good luck with your walking in the future! ;-)"

I'll let you into a little secret, Mel. I don't like walking all that much - it's too slow. I only did it in a big way for a couple of years so that I would be fit enough to walk the 2,000 kms - and I did that to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - and to write the book, of course.

I walked about 12,500 kms altogether, with the training.

I'm exhausted just reading your post, Vic.

And I managed to get the book out in double-quick time (it went to two publishers - who said they liked it but didn't have room in their schedules) before I put it out as an e-book in time for the first anniversary of the walk finish.

How did I do that? I dictated it as I walked from SW France to NW England. I would recommend any walker or runner, who also writes, to carry a dictaphone - they are so small nowadays.

If I did that it would be a loop of 'I'm tired, I'm bored, I wanna sit down'

;)

That's great Vic, I think I read about your story in the Connexion paper either last month or the month before.

You're a star! ;-)x

Patti (Olive-the other reindeer) wrote: "If I did that it would be a loop of 'I'm tired, I'm bored, I wanna sit down'

;)"

I divided the whole walk up into 70 days, and each day up into, ideally, 3 sit-downs, wherever I could find a cup of coffee, which, unfortunately some days, was nowhere.

Mel (Lorne's creator, Pete's murderer) wrote: "That's great Vic, I think I read about your story in the Connexion paper either last month or the month before.

You're a star! ;-)x"

You're right, Mel, it was in Connexion. I walked through Normandy and stayed overnight in several places.

I can't emphasise enough that there is a book about all this. :-)

This is elsewhere in the forum, but you may be interested in seeing it - it is the BBC tv coverage of the finish to my big walk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXEsga...

That's excellent, Vic. Not sure I could do it. Actually, correct that I definitely couldn't do it. ;-)

hey Mel, good news, i saved your books for a very long coach trip over to luxembourg where i went for the christmas period, i had to make sure i had something special lined up to survive the 15 or so hours of semi-captivity... and i have to say, you didnt let me down at all... bout half way through final justice and am thoroughly enjoying my time in Lorne's world... i will pop some reviews up once things have calmed down a lil... :)

Kath, that's lovely to hear.

I hope you had a lovely Christmas over in Luxembourg and that the weather was good to you.


I woke up to a lovely review for my doggie book this morning. Here's what the reviewer (in America) said.

This was the first book I read. Not too long a great way to start reading again. I also like the size of the print. Very easy to read. Thanks Kindle Fire for getting me back into reading.

So glad she liked the Fire! lol

Happy New Year to you all!

I just wanted to drop in and say and massive thank you for the support you've all given me in 2011, it was very much appreciated.

Time to get back to the writing now that all the festivities have finished.

Good luck and health to you all for 2012. xx

Hi lovey darling!

Feel like we haven't spoken in days! How's tricks? Feeling better?

Yes, thanks, Patti. Still need to visit the dentist but as they don't give anaesthetic over here, I'm delaying it intentionally! ;-)

How was Poland, was it very distressing?

Auschwitz was yes. Still very glad I went though. Krakow is a beautiful city and everyone is so friendly.

No anaesthetic???? How very 19th century. I see a trip through the channel in your near future.

What?
No anesthetic?
What sort of country do you live in Mel?

I know, I couldn't believe it, Simon. The last time I had a filling the dentist hit a nerve and I had to be scraped off the ceiling!

Sort of puts you off going! ;-)